Editing Yeon Gaesomun (section)

==In popular culture==
Yeon Gaesomun sometimes appears as a [[door god]] in [[Taoist temple]]s in partnership with the [[Tang dynasty|Tang]] general [[Xue Rengui]]. In some Chinese legends, Xue Rengui and Yeon Gaesomun are the reincarnations of the [[White Tiger (China)|White Tiger]]'s Star and [[Azure Dragon]]'s Star, respectively.<ref>{{cite web |title=White Tiger in Ancient China |url=http://en.chinaculture.org/focus/focus/2010spring/2010-01/26/content_367602.htm |website=Chinaculture.org |publisher=Chinadaily.com.cn |access-date=12 October 2019}}</ref>

===Film and television===
*Portrayed by Chu Tit-wo in [[TVB]]'s 1985 series [[The General That Never Was]]
*Portrayed by Jo Kyung-hwan in the 1992 [[Korean Broadcasting System|KBS]] TV series ''Chronicles of the Three Kingdoms''.
*Portrayed by [[Lee Won-jong]] in the 2003 film ''[[Once Upon a Time in a Battlefield]]'' and its 2011 sequel ''[[Battlefield Heroes (film)|Battlefield Heroes]]''.
*Portrayed by [[Yoo Dong-geun]], [[Lee Tae-gon]] and [[Eun Won-jae]] in the 2006–2007 [[Seoul Broadcasting System|SBS]] TV series ''[[Yeon Gaesomun (TV series)|Yeon Gaesomun]]''.
*Portrayed by [[Kim Jin-tae (actor)|Kim Jin-tae]] in the 2006–2007 KBS TV series ''[[Dae Jo-yeong (TV series)|Dae Jo Yeong]]''.
*Portrayed by Ko In-beom in the 2011 [[Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation|MBC]] TV series ''[[Gyebaek (TV series)|Gyebaek]]''.
*Portrayed by Choi Dong-joon in the 2012–2013 KBS TV series ''[[Dream of the Emperor|The King's Dream]]''.
*Portrayed by [[Choi Min-soo]] in the 2013 [[KBS2]] TV series ''[[The Blade and Petal]]''.
*Portrayed by [[Yu Oh-seong]] in the 2018 film ''[[The Great Battle (film)|The Great Battle]]''.

===Literature===
Yeon Gaesomun (under the name ''Gai Suwen'') appears in [[Peking opera]] as the archvillain of the famed [[Tang dynasty|Tang]] general [[Xue Rengui]], who rescues [[Emperor Taizong of Tang|Emperor Taizong]] from Yeon Gaesomun's pursuit.<ref>{{cite web|title=Court: Peking Opera logo violated artist's copyright|url=http://usa.chinadaily.com.cn/epaper/2012-07/25/content_15616631.htm|website=China Daily|access-date=17 July 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Gai Suwen|url=http://www.paulnoll.com/China/Opera/list-opera-109.html|website=Paul and Bernice Noll's Window on the World|access-date=17 July 2016}}</ref>

Yeon Gaesomun appears in numerous classical Chinese literature about [[Xue Rengui]], who rescues [[Emperor Taizong of Tang|Emperor Taizong]] from certain death at the hands of Yeon Gaesomun himself.<ref>{{cite book|last1=McLaren|first1=Anne Elizabeth|title=Chinese Popular Culture and Ming Chantefables|year=1998|publisher=BRILL|isbn=9004109986|page=196|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hi3FGnfecBoC&pg=PA196|access-date=17 July 2016|language=en|quote=The Tang emperor engages in siege warfare of fortresses in snow-swept Liaodong in the kingdom of Gaoli (Koguryo) in modern-day Korea. The military dictator is regarded in some accounts as a barbarian to be sinified, and in others as a usurper who deserves execution. The terrain is treacherous and the enemy sophisticated. The emperor leads the campaign personally, against the advice of his ministers, and his very life is imperilled at one point. Xue Rengui's rescue of the Emperor Taizong at Yuni River from certain death at the hands of the Korean dictator is a highlight of fictional accounts.}}</ref>

Age of Empires: World Domination, a mobile game produced in collaboration with series owner Microsoft,<ref>{{cite web|title=Age of Empires: World Domination Launched for Android and iOS|url=http://gadgets.ndtv.com/apps/news/age-of-empires-world-domination-launched-for-android-and-ios-775709|website=NDTV Gadgets360.com|date=9 December 2015 |access-date=16 June 2016}}</ref> includes Yeon Gaesomun as a selectable hero of the Korean civilization.<ref>{{cite web|title=Age of Empires: World Domination|url=https://www.aoewd.com/index.php|website=KLabGames|access-date=16 June 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160603115730/https://www.aoewd.com/index.php|archive-date=3 June 2016}}</ref>